Watching Zhou Ping and others crossing the river, he was afraid that Zu Lang, the leader of the mountain thief, would be used by Zhou Ping again, so he led his troops to Lingyang to attack Zu Lang first.

Zu Lang and Sun Ce had a feud.

Previously, Sun Ce went to Yuan Shu to ask for his father's buqu, but Yuan Shu refused to give it and asked him to rely on Wu Jing, who was the prefect of Danyang at the time, and Sun Bi, the captain of Danyang.

Sun Ce arrived in Danyang and recruited hundreds of Danyang soldiers, but was attacked by Zu Lang and killed all of them.

But it was different now. Sun Ce led 30,000 troops to attack.

Although Zhou Ping had asked Tai Shici to tell him that he should use the strategy of breaking up the whole into pieces, retreating when the enemy advances, and advancing when the enemy retreats. But Zulang was not willing to throw away the things he had accumulated over the years, and refused to escape into the mountains.

The city holds fast.

Soon he was defeated by Sun Ce and captured Zu Lang alive.

Sun Ce did not kill him, but persuaded him to surrender and gained his troops.

After capturing Zulang, other bandit commanders in Danyang did not dare to gather together to resist. They either surrendered Sun Ce or scattered into the mountains to escape.

Sun Ce pacified the bandits in Danyang, and then led troops to attack Zou Ta, Qian Tong, Wang Cheng, Yan Baihu and others in Wu Commandery.

These people could not stop Sun Ce and were quickly wiped out. It was now April of the first year of Jian'an.

When Liu Bei sent troops to attack Jiujiang before, Sun Ce thought that Shouchun would be able to defend it with so many soldiers and horses.

Unexpectedly, Yinling and Xiquyang were successively captured by Liu Bei. Yuan Shu was even more frightened by this and led his troops to flee to Lujiang, leaving only Qiao Rui, Liu Xiang and other generals with 10,000 troops to garrison.

At this time, Sun Ce thought that as long as Qiao Rui did not fight, he could defend Shouchun.

But the result was completely unexpected, Shouchun City was also lost, and Jiujiang completely fell into the hands of Liu Bei.

At this time, Sun Ce could not rest at ease, because he could cross the river from Jiujiang to Danyang, so he immediately asked Zhou Yu and Huang Gai to command 10,000 troops to guard Niuzhu to prevent Liu Bei's troops from crossing the river.

At this time, the governor of Danyang was still Zhou Shang, who was Zhou Yu's uncle.

With Zhou Yu guarding Niuzhu, Sun Ce felt more at ease.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce learned that Yuan Shu had asked Wu Jing and Sun Ben to command 6,000 troops to guard Shu County, and that Liu Bei himself was leading more than 40,000 troops and was marching from Hefei to Shu County. Yuan Shu sent someone to ask him to lead the troops quickly.

assistance.

Sun Ce was in a dilemma. He was now planning to lead his troops to attack Kuaiji.

Now that Danyang and Wu Commandery have been completely pacified, uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com If we capture Kuaiji again, Jiangdong will basically have no worries.

"Why is Bo Fu worried?" Sun Jing asked, seeing the worried look on Sun Ce's face.

Sun Jing was Sun Jian's younger brother, named Youtai. Sun Ce invited him here after he defeated the bandits in Wu Commandery.

"Liu Bei has captured Jiujiang and is now leading his troops south to attack Lujiang. General Yuan asked me to lead troops to help. I want to take advantage of the victory to capture Kuaiji, but I am afraid that Liu Bei will capture Lujiang. If that happens, I will

Surrounded by Liu Bei, it is difficult to find a way out."

"Haha, you can rest assured to attack Kuaiji. When General Yuan was in Shouchun, he could not hold on because he had Lujiang River to retreat to. Now that he has retreated to Wan County, he has nowhere to retreat, so he will definitely hold on to Lujiang River. Liu Bei's troops

Although there are many, there are many thieves among them. As long as Shuxian and Juchao hold on to the city, Liu Bei will not be able to break it."

Sun Jing continued: "You attack with all your strength and capture Kuaiji quickly, and then you can lead troops to help. By then, before your troops arrive, Liu Bei will have retreated first. In this way, you can capture Kuaiji and protect Lujiang."

, you can even recapture Jiujiang. If you lead troops to help at this time, Lujiang can certainly be saved, but if Liu Bei retreats to Hefei and stalemates with you, Kuaiji will not be able to capture it. If Kuaiji's troops go north, Wu County will also be in danger.

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Sun Ce thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case. With Wu Jing and Sun Bi guarding Shu County, Zhang Xun guarding Juchao, and Yuan Shu and Liu Xun in Wan County, it was impossible for Liu Bei to capture Lujiang so quickly.

As for the capture of Kuaiji, many thieves have just been put down and collected. This is a good opportunity to seize the victory and attack, and should not be missed.

Sun Ce decided to send people back to report to Yuan Shu first, saying that he could capture Kuaiji within a month. As soon as he captured Kuaiji, he would immediately lead troops to help, telling them to hold on to the city and not abandon the city and retreat.
Chapter completed!